September 27, 2006 Boy am I bad or what? Thought I better write something before you all think I have dropped off the face of the earth.
After we left Baker Oregon the next stop was Springville Utah which is right outside of Provo. We were still traveling with our friends Lee, Vicki and their dog Fleetwood, we would be leaving each other the next day, us on to Moab and they were on their way to Colorado. We had breakfast together on Sunday morning then followed each other for the next 100 or so miles then stopped and said our good byes. We plan on keeping in touch and they may make it to New Mexico before we leave at the end of October. Vicki, Lee, Stan and Ginger are the people we met at Camp Monaco and came up to Marty's while we were there. Vicki grew up in Simi Valley, and Stan and Ginger live in Camarillo, what a small world.
Anyway, we are in Moab Utah, what a beautiful place and the weather is perfect. We thought it wouldn't be crowded here, wrong. October is the end of the season, the weather is in the 80's and starting tomorrow there is a skydiving festival here. So the place is pretty crowded around here. When we came here Sunday we hadn't made reservations, the 1st place where we wanted to stay was all booked up. We then got on the phone and started looking around, on the 3rd or 4th place we called they had an opening and we jumped on it. We are at Moab Valley RV Resort, it's a nice place but again dirt and gravel. It has one small patch of grass, which you share with your neighbor, if you have a neighbor, which we do. The people around here are kind of friendly a lot better then the other campgrounds we have been too.
Sunday after we got here we had to go grocery shopping, after being in Salem for the Rally and they kept feeding us we had no groceries. So we did that and now it's back to cooking again.
Monday was cleaning and laundry, we ended up going into town to do the laundry. When the washer was running we walked around town, with Valley, and checked things out. We called and made a vet appointment for Valley, she has been scratching and dragging herself around a lot. The vet was a real country vet, he wore coveralls and his office was on a farm surrounded by cattle, dogs, horses ect. They put Valley on the table and he started checking her out, it's here allergies again, and she has something like diaper rash. He gave her a shot of cortisone and told us to keep spraying her with the stuff that our vet had given us before we left Simi. After the vet we went back to the coach and finished cleaning, boy it sure had gotten dirty at the RV Rally. Tuesday we drove up to Arches National Park, great views but they don't let any animals out on the hiking trails, only on the roads and parking lots. We stopped and got a few pictures and decided if we wanted to go hiking we would have to leave Valley in the RV. On the way back Dave got a few calls and had to go back to work in the coach. Valley and I drove into town, parked the car and started walking around. We walked for almost 3 hours, it was getting hot and Valley had had enough so we came back to the coach. Dave was still working on conference calls so I grabbed my book and lounge chair and read and napped outside of the coach with Valley.
The people next to us told us they had been at Deadhorse Point State Park and they let dogs on the paths, so we might have to check it out the only thing is it is 30 miles away from Moab. We might also try and do this thing called "Canyonlands By Night and Day". It's dinner then a boat ride down the Colorado River with lighting up the canyon walls, with music and a guide explaining things to you. It looks great to do so will let you know if we do the tour.
I'm going to cut off now, on this blog, and start another one telling you all about the Rally in Salem.